Here we are. I don't think Friday the 13th ever really bothered me. I missed the movies. But it is close to a full moon and I remember on of those combos in Halifax days when Spring Garden Road seemed entirely packed with loonies. Then I realized it was Friday night on Spring Garden road and knew …

What a bother this election is. Usually they are something like 38 days long and here we are a week past that and still a week and a half to go. Under such strain, we forget what is important to us. We forget that in the southern hemisphere it is summer. We forget that somewhere there cricket is …

A couple of conservative bloggers got me thinking. This in tiself has me a bit worried but we are all working towards that grand CPC/NDP coalition...right? Right?  •  The Liberal Party has voiced opposition to the entrenchment of property rights in The Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Canada's …

No one really wishes ill on anyone specifically - do they? But you can bet there have been a few prayers of a general nature rising from the Liberal war-room with this bit of divine intervention news this morning:  •  “The federal Tories are standing behind a B.C. candidate who has been charged …

Nothing like when things get ugly. For my non-Canadian readers I offer the following snapshot of where our national election has found itself with under two weeks to go and the Liberal government and Prime Minister Martin dropping in the polls:  •  “Starting with grainy, unfocused close-ups of …

This snippet (and I think this is the first time I have used the word snippet) is sort of interesting but I am not sure why:  •  “Following stories Sunday in the Star and the Toronto Sun about Harper hinting at a majority, right-wing blogs were abuzz with dark and unsubstantiated suggestions of a …

Best debate in a long time and largely due to the intelligent control imposed by Steve Paikin. If Paikin were to debate any of the four he would wins hands down. I think all four had a good showing in the context of the debate. They had their moments and made their points. That means nothing …

Here is what I saw and heard:  •  Paikin is one of the best moderators of a debate ever on Canadian TV. Clear and punchy.  •  Nice tie choices. Harper has funky blue squares. Gilles Duceppe's matches his hair. Harper also has been trained to raise his eyebrows. He wants my vote and his eyebrows …

This is the real end to the holidays. Kids back to school. Tired cranky small people running around the house at 7:15 am.  •  The debate goes tonight. There are likely tired cranky larger people running somewhere this morning as well. People are talking about the Tories now as out manouvering the …